Florida Or Ohio: Former ‘Bachelor Pad’ Contestant Survives Getting Her Head Run Over By A Truck

On Oct. 21, [Former Bachelor Pad contestant Brittany] Taltos fell asleep while wearing headphones and lounging in the front yard of her Gainesville, Fla., home — when a friend backed his Chevy Silverado through the yard, the former reality star wrote on Facebook. The driver, 20-year-old Taylor Greer, apparently did not realize Taltos was there until he heard her screams. (Greer apparently was backing up the truck to pick up a cooler from her porch.)

“I woke up with half a tire in my face,” Taltos told The Independent Florida Alligator. “I thought I was going to die.”

After receiving 15 stitches on the side of her head and being treated for bruises and ear canal damage, Taltos was released from the hospital shortly after the accident. [US Weekly]

The part about the truck backing up to pick up a cooler from the porch may be the least surprising thing I’ve ever read.

NOTE: I am very happy Ms. Taltos emerged from this relatively unscathed. It sounds terrifying. Please do not run over my head with a truck.

Now, were the cooler filled entirely with liquid, it would weigh 208 pounds. So let’s assume the guy didn’t jam it full of beer, but has it half full of ice water and 40% full of beer.

So we have the 17.5 lb cooler + 104 pounds of water/ice weight + 43.5 pounds of beer.

That’s 165 pounds he would not only have to carry, but also hoist onto the tailgate. Not exactly an impossible feat for the average man, but also remember that in the 100 quart cooler I cited, the width of it is just under 36″ so your arms are spread to hold it by the handles (which also don’t exactly line up with the top of the cooler) so that is a bit of an awkward hoist especially if you have the ability to back your truck up to the porch where you can actually be closer to the level of the tailgate.